Get drunk at home, alone, in your bedroom. While crying and cursing at the wall. That's what I do.

The guy lost his legs and she walks around crying that the world is unfair

The guy lost his legs? Man this woman needs to go to jail for ever

Man, her child has an attitude problem. We’ll see him in court next

He lost his legs and she’s out crying about how horrible life is

“Today was a disaster” *Nope. Not even close. The real disaster was when her victim lost the use of his legs.*

My girlfriend was killed by a drunk driver five months ago. I have no compassion for her or anyone else who drives drunk.

This is what compassion really gets you. She should get 30 years for the damage she caused

This woman looks like she can’t make good decisions while sober

Boohoo I'm a drunk who took a mans legs pity me

It's so scary to see how self centered and egocentric a person can be purely because they're not smart enough to be able to think about others. She should be consumed with guilt, especially being in the same room as the innocent man who's life she destroyed.

Good for that Judge. We need more like her!!👍

Ruined that guys life and she’s only getting four years. That’s sad.

That public defenses attorney was smart to say "i'm not a doctor"

This goes to show how bad our laws against drunk driving need to be changed. It’s 2nd degree homicide first offense. It should be first degree murder if there’s a second offense.

This goes to show you that you can help a person all you want but if they are in the path to destroy themselves, you gotta let them go.

It’s legitimately so scary that one day you could be walking out just fine and the next day you are in a wheel chair for the rest of your life. Why she didn’t get 10+ years is beyond me. She ruined that guys life.

We need to stop showing compassion to monsters. She has previous duis. She shouldn't have been offered a plea deal at all. She almost killed a man and was responsible for him LOSING HIS LEGS! She also showed up to court messed up on pills. Good God why was she ever offered anything but s maximum sentence!?

I was a defense attorney for 20 years and represented hundreds of DWI clients. While the vast majority were just normal people who truly did not know they were impaired, did not do badly on field sobriety tests, and had relatively low (but still over the limit) B.A.C. They made a mistake and were generally very remorseful. If I managed to find a flaw in the breath test (and believe me those machines are NOT infallible) and got the charge reduced to reckless driving, I had no problem at all doing so. But there were a handful like this woman and representing them made me sick to my stomach. I've even had idiots show up to court drunk for their DWI case, having DRIVEN to court! (Two got arrested leaving the courtroom.) Eventually I decided I'd had enough and now I'm working on getting back to teaching math. Every defendant in this country is entitled to legal representation but it's women like this that made me quit.

Comes down to personal character. Taking responsibility doesn't just mean saying sorry. It means presenting yourself in court with what little integrity you have left. The victim has suffered more mental and physical trauma than she ever will.

the drunk drivers always walk away with a scratch whereas the victims are always the ones suffering from someone's bad decision. life can be unfair.

This is the way a lot of people are, just self absorbed and unwilling to be better people.

When cases are as serious as they come there should be no deals. I believe everyone I've ever talked to in my life agrees with that

I have anxiety and bipolar and even I know not to over medicate myself. She wasn’t ready to accept her guilt. She’s trying to escape it. When you have disorders like this it’s overwhelming but you can’t escape things you do

She left a man without his legs and she’s only getting 4 years??

My father's life was destroyed by a drunk driver, as I was only 2 yrs old it didn't exactly improve my childhood either, at any rate, I have ZERO sympathy for drunk drivers. ZERO!

I used to be a bartender. One day after a shift I had 4 drinks thinking I was fine to drive home (I'm 6'4 and 240 pounds). I was also on a weight cut for a tournament so the booze hit me harder than I expected. When I saw the DUI checkpoint, I didn't try to avoid it. I though "This is the same line I've been through a dozen times, I know I didn't drink too much". Turns out that due to my weight cut I blew a 0.09 and got a DUI. I didn't hurt anyone, nor was I breaking any laws driving. But I pushed my limit, played a stupid game and won a stupid prize. My situation was unlucky but still my fault. I never victimized myself and have found a better career since. I'll never understand how some people just blow it off like its nothing. I didn't even hurt anyone and I felt terrible.

no sympathy for anyone drinking and driving. Maximum penalties for all of them.

Disgusting. 10 years should be the minimum, that guy has no legs for the rest of his life.

I was hit by a woman who was drunk and nearly lost my leg. The woman only got 6 years and it was her fourth or fifth DUI. When she hit me I rolled over the car, smashed in the windshield and landed on the trunk. She didn't stop and carried me over half a mile before she was stopped even though I was banging on the windshield trying to get her to stop. My entire life was changed due to this, and my military career ended. These people only care about themselves. Very sad to hear this happened and I can honestly empathize with the victim.

Some people don't deserve compassion.

Unbelievable!!! Simply incredible!!

The way her lawyer reached out to grab her arm to try to stop her from talking... even her lawyer knows how ridiculously entitled and oblivious she is. Goodness. She ruined somebody's life. She shouldn't even be opening her mouth. 🤦🏽‍♀️

You want to show compassion. Then take her off the road and save the innocent. That is compassion

A couple of months later, she ended up accepting another plea deal. “Under the terms of the plea deal, Aguilera will serve five years in prison and three years of probation.”

No good deed goes unpunished

My mother still goes to visit the grave of her childhood friend who was killed by a drunk driver outside her house. They didn't realize they were dragging his body for a mile so she couldn't go outside that day. They needed to find all the pieces and her parents didn't want her to see what happened to him. No sympathy for people who drink and drive.

No medication for bipolar gets you like that. She was just high on Xanax.

She deserves no mercy. And because of her mental state, she will never admit to any wrongful behavior

Some people just ruin their lives by being stupid and hurting or killing innocent people. Throw the book at her!

Wow so the guy who lost his legs got this deal for her out of compassion... what a guy... Jesus Bless you Javi!

That man who lost his legs has a heart bigger then any of us here IMO.

Such an amazing touch to have those two news anchors walk two steps forward. It made the entire story.:)

It’s good to see a judge put these walking disasters away. To many of these people blame there wrong doings on the rest of the world. They don’t look at there selves and think I’ve made all these wrong decisions.🇦🇺

She was only facing 4 years for taking someone’s legs out. No justice

Lost his legs, can never walk again, and she gets 4 years? Our justice system is pathetic and sad.

Thank you Judge.

I hope this woman lives her life behind bars in pain and fear.

Shame on her. She doesn’t care about anyone but herself. The best thing to do "don't take drugs that will impidte your ability to think and do not drink and drive." She knows better, an adult person that did not care about other human beings.

30 years would have been more fitting.

From someone like me who has bipolar and anxiety, she can pull the Bipolar excuse all she wants but our doctors tell us bipolar patients how important it is to stay away from alcohol and she continued to drive under the influence of alcohol there for I hope she’s still in prison.

This is another one of my favorites. Its a classic.

FUN FACTS: for anyone who curious what ultimately happened, Maria Aguilera ended up accepting another plea deal: 5 years in prison, 3 years of probation, 200 hours community service, substance abuse counselling. But wait, there's more! This report on the case was severely lacking. I don't criticize WPLG Local 10 for not saying what the defendant's ultimate sentence was, because they aren't time travellers, and had no way at the time of this reporting to know. However, this report was weak. They didn't explain the details of the plea deal that got canceller, anything about the accident, and didn't show the defendant's odd or disrespectful behavior in court that lead to the judge bringing down the hammer of gavels onto the confused cranium of the criminal cr-something or other. But wait - here's the more! The accident that cost Perez his legs wasn't just an accident: he was coaching his son's baseball team and got hit ON THE FIELD. Two other people were also injured, with Perez the worst. The original plea deal was for 4 years of prison, 1 year house arrest, 2 years probation, 300 hours community service, substance abuse counselling. So basically her house arrest was turned into prison time, she got an extra year of probation, but dropped 100 hours of community service hours. That concludes this edition of FUN FACTS.

I love that sharp hand grab that the lawyer gave her when she started talking to the other lawyer. That's called a non-verbal gesture and it means, "SHUT UP!"

October 16th 2010 I lost my brother at the hands of someone under the influence I have any respect for people like this the victims you harmed are the only ones deserving of any sympathy

Good for that judge!

It really isn't hard to NOT drive while intoxicated, it really isn't. Even when I use to drink and get FUBAR, I was still cognitive enough to NOT get behind the wheel. I'd crawl home, if I had to. If you drink and drive, you do it because you don't care about the lives of others. Edit! Listen, if you drink and drive you go to jail, simple, right? But some people have excuse after excuse. Try telling the Judge "oh, but I was drunk, I didn't know any better! I didn't mean to kill that family. I didn't mean to kill their little baby in the back seat!" See how far that gets you. If you drink and drive you are a selfish human being. There was an episode of "Dexter" about this very thing. YOU are the bad guy if you drink and drive, no "ifs" "ands" or "buts".

Jail time. Lots of jail time. The more, the better.

She paralyzed the principal and she wants mercy to do it again? Omg! 😢

They need to shut up and take the punishment for what she did.

This is exactly why DUI related offenses need stiffer penalties!!!

The type of person who will talk themselves into a citation when the cops are willing to give you a break. She didn't deserve a deal anyway. I don't like drunk driving dipshits!

Speaking from self experience, sometimes it takes hitting rock bottom to finally wake up. Took me *almost* two times to wake up

It's nice to see a judge with some guts.

This country is way too easy on drunk drivers.

She literally said her first lawyer didn’t do the “leg work” she honestly said that! The man she injured lost both legs.

Why was she allowed to LEAVE ??? SHE'S DRUGGED UP ON COURT !!! WTF ???

When your own attorney openly describes you as being "a mess," you've got big problems.

Some people do not deserve second chances. The victim lost his legs, and her and her vampire looking son think they have been treated badly. You can see the arrogance from her son that they think they can do and say what they want with a cocky attitude.

Lost his legs and still being generous? No words...

That defense lawyer is to blame too

Put her in prison

LOL imagine crying about not receiving a plea deal when you took away someone's entire life (practically).

I’m confused, does the guy get his legs back in 4 years if not why isn’t she serving life

One of my Grandfathers was a terrible drunk & killed himself in a car in 1965. No great loss. Unfortunately he took an entire family of five in another car with him, & that loss is incalculable.

Terrible woman!! That poor man. God bless him. I can't imagine. So glad he survived - but what a cost.

Wow the amount of compassion this man wanted to give is amazing. I’m definitely proud of him. He tried. This woman messed up her own fate.

I would be surprised this is her first DUI. When I got mine I was too embarrassed to argue. I was preoccupied with the thought of my adult children losing respect for me. Take your punishment and change your life. It gets better.

This should be a minimum mandatory sentence of 50 years. Until we pass legislation to confront this the insanity will continue.

this world in certain situations needs to stop showing compassion and hold people accountable for their actions

Judge: _These people have been sitting here for hours. Act like a grown up._ Aguilera: {{starts crying}}

“My name is NOT Linda... and don’t address me in this way” SLAY counselor!!!

I'm so glad the judge didn't take the plea deal!

some people just don't appreciate when they've been given a break!!

Send her to jail. Everyone doesn’t deserve compassion.

"I'm not a doctor, I'm a lawyer" Politicians could learn something here

Narcissism is a major problem in these times.

I was lucky enough to survive a crash from a woman who was under the influence. She had no idea what or where she was. She was driving on a suspended license. Getting home safe is so underrated🙏🏽

The son is oozing the ‘entitlement’ he learned from his ignorant mother. All pulled up to go to court. Probably trying to scam the system for some kind of disability. So if the 4 yr deal got pulled, how much time is she facing? Nice the judge admonished her but since no verdict was passed down, and this further wastes time, why did the judge not slap her with a contempt charge?

I feel for her attorney though. She was trying so hard to shut her up.

Her son is a real gem as well.

There should be NO plea bargains for DUI cases!

WHY COULDN'T THESE PEOPLE CALL UBER OR LIFT OR EVEN A FRIEND

All she had to do was keep her mouth shut besides saying "Yes your honor" and she couldn't even do that. No self control and a big mouth, have fun behind bars.

Hallelujah, a defense lawyer making no excuse. She's a mess. I'm done. End of.

My Father lost a leg in a car accident 40 years ago the man who hit him did not get jail time either. Courts don't care.

LOL. The son says " no comment" like he and his mom are celebrities. Somebody obviously doesn't know the difference between famous and notorious!

We just had a woman in my town charges get upgraded from DUI with injuries to Vehicular Homicide. Now she is looking at 3 to 15 years to think about what she did.

"pardon me Linda...." "My name is not Linda!" 😂

"No plea deal!" Defendant: "I need a drink."